Assessment Report on the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Measures by Local Self-Government Units
Assessment Report on the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Measures by Local Self-Government Units
May 7, 2025
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, in collaboration with UNDP Montenegro, has developed a Methodology for Assessing the Implementation of Anti-Corruption Measures as a new tool in the fight against corruption. The purpose of the methodology is to assess whether government bodies are implementing anti-corruption measures, or to what extent their application has led to specific changes, as well as to encourage government bodies to be proactive when planning and implementing anti-corruption measures that are not prescribed as mandatory.
After the pilot assessments of the implementation of anti-corruption measures in the sectors of public administration and other government bodies, as well as social and child protection, the second phase of the assessment was carried out for the system "Judiciary," and the subsystems "Courts" and "Prosecution", as well as the Local Self-Government Units. When developing methodologies for these systems and subsystems, the recommendations provided in the description of the methodology "Assessment of Anti-Corruption Initiatives," conducted by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea, were taken into account.
The report for the Local Self-Government Units 20 municipalities and Capital city Podgorica, in implementing anti-corruption measures in four areas, as well as a set of recommendations for improving the situation to enable a more effective fight against corruption.
For the development of the methodology and the report on the assessment of the implementation of anti-corruption measures, UNDP was supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea. During this activity, the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption was supported by consultant Dragana Krunić.